How to add a route in Linux - Unix

This is a discussion on How to add a route in Linux - Unix ; How can I add a route on a RHEL3 Linux machine:
for example, I like to route to host CDIOC1 (134.79.185.200) via
RTR-SLCCP2 (172.19.55.6)?
Am I doing right in the following:
On command line:
route add -host 134.79.185.200 gw 172.19.55.6 ...